If you don't mind me asking, why did you choose to go with the Mega Viper instead of the Level 2 Viper? I've been looking at these transmissions for a while now for my replacement but my transmission (god help its soul) is still kicking with 250k original miles. I just want to know if the regular Viper would be enough.

 

I guarantee that if you have your transmission swapped out at Drive Line Service in Las Vegas you'll have plenty of time to lose all of your money in a casino.

They did mostly right in the end, but it was a long haul to get there.

 

I went with the Level 3 (Mega Viper) because I wanted the better parts that go into it to get greater service life out of it.

 

Alright thanks. It just bolts right up? The pictures PATC has makes that transmission look a lot bigger than the stock one.

 

When you call and talk to Jim Bob, he'll ask what it's going into and you'll get a 46RE that will bolt right in. You'll have to transfer your old linkage and dipstick tube to the new unit. Other than that, flush the cooler in the radiator and make darn sure you get the torque converter stabbed properly (and the pilot hole in the back of the crank nice and clean) and everything else is just putting the new one back where the old one came out.

Also, the Viper/Mega Viper comes with a stock shallow pan unless you pay to upgrade. If you go with a deep pan, I recommend going with the filter extension, too, to keep that filter submerged no matter what you do short of rolling the truck. And given the big investment, a remote filter is probably in order, too. You'll want to delete the anti-drainback check valve anyway so it can't hang up and eat your new transmission, but if you plumb the remote filter in its place you'll automatically get a new anti-drainback valve inside the remote filter so it's win:win. There's a good spot to mount the filter on the passenger side fender well, up out of harm's way and accessible from above.

Be sure to take out the crankshaft position sensor first thing after the battery is disconnected -- forget that and you'll almost certainly be buying a new one. Don't forget to put it back when the transmission is in. Should you elect to go for the street/strip setting on the shift kit, you might as well put some new u-joints in the driveshaft, too, because the old ones are going to see more stress than ever before.

 

Thanks a lot. I've got a transmission guy that's gonna do all this for me when the time comes, he's just waiting for me to call. I was gonna go all out since I'm spending this much on a transmission anyway so no worries.

 

That bang make me thing of my locker sometime that ****er locks up like a hooker who aint seen the money!